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The articles here will show you how to build safety culture, and maintain it when you do. We’ll talk motivation technique, incentives, employee contests, recognition programs, and other safety awareness methods.
By Ana Ellington At this year’s New England area American Society of Safety Engineers Professional Development conference, Keith Robinson, corporate safety director at Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc., presented a lively session on how behaviors impact safety performance in workplaces—safety culture is key.
By: Lori Siegelman Why do some safety programs create real change within their organizations, when others don’t seem to make a significant difference? Often, the answer is effective employee involvement.
The first steps taken following an accident involving a commercial motor vehicle are extremely important. Here’s a quick review of post-accident procedures that can protect employers and drivers. Employers who have trucks on the road should make sure their drivers know the proper procedures for handling accidents. Basic rules include the following: Drivers should immediately […]
A culture that promotes employee-driven safety changes safety attitudes and performance. When workers are taking risks when nobody’s looking, there’s a problem with the safety culture—one that can be cured with a shift to an employee-driven safety system. The goal of an employee-driven safety is to change employees’ perceptions, attitudes, beliefs, and values about safety […]
To really instill a strong safety culture you have to move to a system where employees are driving safety activities. That involves changes in perceptions, attitudes, beliefs, and values. Changing perceptions and attitudes lays the foundation for changes in beliefs and values. Perceptions: Changing employees’ perceptions about safety will not change their behaviors. But if […]
If you’re relying on safe work rules to protect employees, make sure the rules are reliable. This story is based on a real court case. The names have been changed, of course, and the dialogue is imagined, what might have been said. The issues and the outcome, however, are all too real. Many workers side-step […]
If workers take a “rules are for fools” attitude, and supervisors turn a blind eye, you could end up paying for their deficient safety attitude. This story is based on a real court case. The names have been changed, of course, and the dialogue is imagined, what might have been said. The issues and the […]
If it’s time for an employee safety attitude checkup, you don’t need to send your workers to the doctor. You can make your own diagnosis with a safety attitude survey. Safety is largely about actions. But it’s also about attitude. You can observe actions objectively. But it’s harder to see into employees’ heads and hearts […]
Don’t let your workers leave safety at work at the end of the day. Safety is a 24-hour enterprise. Unfortunately, people tend to take chances at home that they would never consider taking under the watchful eye of their supervisor at work. For instance, how many employees wear safety glasses using a drill at home? […]
We often hear reports of companies proudly proclaiming that their lost-time injury rates are below the industry average, or that a certain department has gone X number of days without a lost-time injury. Prizes are awarded to the departments or individuals with the best records. However, insurance experts warn that under the surface of all […]